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Hoping to ski tomorrow. Wondering if any mountains will have enough snow to make it worth doing without going further north.

Great conditions on Boomer (big soft moguls) Smoke (littls soft moguls) and White Lightning (just starting to bump) today, but whoever measured 50" base must have been doing it from the top of the biggest mogul on Boomer. Starting to get thin cover at the very top of these trails, which could make them inaccessable after the expected thaw/rain the next 2 days.

Thanks for the tip. Grabbed the last 2 weekend ones available.

What are the prospects of opeing the black/double black terrain on the valley side by Friday?

THinking of heading up Friday. Any of the glades open yet?

Kids had a great experience getting their start at spring mountain today. $50 each for a package that included rentals and a "group" lesson that consisted of just the two of them with a patient and warm instructor. Both asked to do it again tomorrow which is all I could ask for (though tomorrow won't work). They are excited to wear their lift tix into school tomorrow and tell all their friends about it.

Was a fine morning out there. They opened Burma Rd mid day though it was not on the open trails list in the AM.

Cool - I'll look for you. Short guy in black jacket and grey pants. Either a tan helmet or a Taos hat (if it's really cold).

anyone gonna be out tomorrow morning and care to meet up? I'll be skiing solo

So Blue (person answering the phone) says tomorrow they open Tut's Lane, Skytop, Paradise, Homestretch, Falls, Shuttles and the Valley School hill, and then Burma Rd. on Saurday. In terms of real terrain that basically means they are adding Paradise and the ability to ski off the highspeed chairs with a little more vertical. Not sure how Fall will be accessable based on this - I guess it implies one can take Crossover from Lazy Mile to Falls even though they are not listing Crossover - would folks agree?

A phonecall to Blue revealed they will have the Valley and 19 trails open by Friday. Who's in?

Same $25 deal available through Dec 15 on MMR's Big Friggin Deal site WMMR also offers $9.33 lift tickets for Friday January 3

Found another nice deal. This weekend Plattekill is offering free lessons, and lift tickets are always free for 7 and under. Anyone have any experience with their school?

Thanks all for the tips. Found a Shawnee coupon for families of 2 or more that is good for 50% off a beginner package with group lesson Sundays starting at 3. Might be a reasonable way to try it out a first time. Makes it $90 for two kids, which is the same price as Spring's Sunday package that starts at 4 - and it seems Shawnee is one that comes well recommended. Think the crowds will be too bad there on a Sunday late afternoon?

I've got two kids and I am a single parent alternate weeks so DIY is not going to work. and I don't live close enough to skiing to get them out twice a week. But I learned to be a good enough skier to handle anything in Poconos or Catskills by starting around 9th grade about once a month, and it seems like kids pick it up faster than older people, no? 6 and a half is a different case from 3 and a half. But do folks think I should wait longer? The most I will be able to get them out is 2-3 times over winter break and then one or two times a month after that..

Thanks - good point. I would most value advice based on experience. A friend having direct experience (as oceancity indicates) would also be relevant. Of course if one is aware of a particularly good deal I would like to he informed of that even if one did not have direct experience.

Does that mean you think Alpine is a poor choice?

Thanks, I will look into that as well - weekends or holidays are going to be easier to manage as I don't want to pull them out of school for a ski lesson

Shawnee certainly have a fine reputation in this area. Also the kids have gone tubing there, so I can use that as an incentive - if you try skiing in the morning you can go tubing in the afternoon if you would rather do that. Do you have direct experience with their programs? I took my first lessons at Spring in the 70s. And they have some nice deals for sunday after 4 family packages. Anyone use their programs recently?

Hoping to get a 6 year old started skiing this year. What places in eastern PA / NJ have the best programs and best deals for this?

There are a few non Christians on the planet too. I'll be taking advantage of the $30 tix that Belleayre and Hunter are offering that day.

Where do you see that info about $25 tix? And any shot of them being open the 31st? WHy close in the middle of a weekend?

I went there on the WMMR day (in January) and skied East Mountain for 4 hours from 9-1 with no lift lines to speak of.

Thanks Ridge Racer - that's eactly what I was looking for. It's hard for me to know how rare it is since they don't list anything on the reports. Hope we continue to get such reports here from time to time from tree skiers. So I'm guessing by Friday (when I am thinking of going for the $9.33 WMMR deal), there will not be a lot of glade action unless we get a dump.

This place gets so crowded on weekends already, one shudders to think what it will be like if they make it more enticing with condos, etc. Not sure condos/hotel are that great a fit for a mountain this size anyway, I tend to have skied everything interesting a few times already in one day and look forward to skiing somewhere else the next day.